Appendix:False friends between English and French

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This is a list of common false cognates and false friends between English and French. They therefore look similar but respectively either they do not actually come from the same root or they have different meanings, despite their similarities.

French term English translation English term French translation
achever finish, finish off achieve réussir, réaliser
actuel current actual réel
actuellement currently actually réellement
ail garlic ail rendre malade
alliance wedding ring alliance alliance
anniversaire birthday anniversary anniversaire
apologie defence apology excuses
assister à to attend assist aider
assumer to take responsibility assume supposer
attendre to wait for attend assister à
audition the sense of hearing audition audition
avertir warn avert éviter
avertissement warning advertisement publicité, annonce
avocat lawyer avocado avocat
balancer throw balance équilibrer
baskets sneakers basket panier
bite dick bite bouchée
blesser injure bless bénir
bougie candle bougie bourgeois
brave well-behaved brave courageux
bribes bits bribe pot-de-vin
bride bridle bride mariée
campagne countryside campaign campagne
cap cape cap casquette
carpette rug, doormat carpet tapis
casque helmet cask barrique
casquette cap casket coffret
casserole saucepan casserole cocotte or ragoût
cave cellar cave grotte
célibataire single (person) celibate chaste
cent hundred cent cent, centime
chair flesh chair chaise
chance luck chance occasion, chance
chat cat chat bavarder
chef boss chef chef, chef cuisinier (fr)
coin corner coin pièce
collège secondary school college établissement d'enseignement supérieur
comédien actor comedian comique
courbature ache curvature courbure
crayon pencil crayon craie, crayon de couleur
crier yell cry pleurer
culte worship cult secte
décade 10 days decade décennie
déception disappointment deception tromperie
décevoir disappoint deceive tromper
défendre forbid defend défendre
délicieux delightful delicious délicieux
demander ask demand exiger
démonstration demonstration (act of showing and explaining) demonstration manifestation
dent tooth dent bosse, entaille
déplacement trip displacement déplacement
dérangé bothered deranged dérangé
destitution discharge, dismissal destitution misère extrême
disponible available disposable jetable
disposer arrange dispose of se débarrasser de
douche shower douche lavement or salaud
émail enamel email courriel
empiré gotten worse empire empire
engagement commitment engagement fiançailles
essence petrol essence essence
éventuellement possibly eventually finalement
je suis excité I'm aroused I'm excited je suis ravi de, j'ai vraiment/trop hâte
flippant surprising flippant désinvolte
four oven four quatre
formidable great, terrific formidable terrible, redoutable
fourniture supply furniture meubles
fric money freak original
générique credits generic générique
glace ice glass verre
grappe bunch, cluster grape raisin
groin snout groin aine
hasard chance hazard danger
heurter collide hurt blesser, faire mal
ignorer to not know ignore ignorer
inconvénient drawback inconvenient incommode
indulgence leniency indulgence gourmandise
infect repulsive infect contaminer, infecter
inhabité uninhabited inhabited habité
injure an insult injure blesser
isolation insulation isolation isolement
journal newspaper journal journal intime
journée daytime journey voyage
lame blade lame boiteux, bancal
large wide large grand
librairie bookstore library bibliothèque
luxurieux lustful luxurious de luxe, luxueux
magasin shop magazine revue, magazine
main hand main principal
malard drake mallard colvert
mamie granny mommy maman
manifestation a protest, demonstration manifestation signe, manifestation
mannequin model mannequin mannequin
monnaie currency or change money argent
mutation transfer mutation mutation
nana girlfriend nana mamie
nouvelle short story novel roman
opportunité appropriateness opportunity occasion, chance
pain bread pain douleur
parcours route parkour parkour
passer un examen take an exam pass an exam réussir un examen
pavement paving pavement trottoir
personne nobody person personne
phrase sentence phrase expression
pie magpie pie tourte, tarte
pièce room piece morceau
pile battery pile tas
pingouin auk penguin manchot
prégnant forceful, prominent pregnant enceinte
préjudice damage prejudice préjugé
préservatif condom preservative agent de conservation
prétendre to claim pretend simuler
procès trial, lawsuit process processus
prune plum prune élaguer
raisin grape raisin raisin sec
rapport connection rapport bons rapports
rate spleen rate taux
réaliser fulfill realize se rendre compte
relevant raising relevant pertinent
reporter postpone report signaler
ressentir feel resent en vouloir à
rester to stay to rest se reposer
résumer summarize resume reprendre
réunion meeting reunion réunion
robe dress robe peignoir
roman novel Roman romain
route road route trajet
sale dirty sale vente
sanctionner punish sanction autoriser
sensible sensitive sensible raisonnable
sentence verdict sentence phrase
serviette towel serviette serviette de table (fr)
signe gesture sign panneau
stores blinds stores magasins
suite sequel suit costume
supporter put up with support soutenir
talon heel talon griffe
tampon stamp tampon tampon
tissu fabric, textile tissue mouchoir en papier
toboggan slide toboggan luge
traînée trail trainee stagiaire
traîner to drag to train s'entraîner
traiteur caterer traitor traître
travail work travel voyage
veste jacket vest gilet
vie life vie rivaliser
ville city, town village village
voyage trip, travel voyage voyage